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LED Motorcycle Headlight

Step 8Part 2: Testing

Part 2: Testing
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Assemble the light unit. If needed, secure the wires to the array plate using hot glue so that any tugging on the wires won't stress the solder joints.

These pictures show the unit before I added the polyethylene diffusor inbetween the lens and the light array. A diffusor is highly recommended because the focused output of a High Power LED is literally blinding.

Test the unit with a battery or variable power supply.
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